n. tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

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Examples

A few of the streams were full of the fine plant which is popularly known by the name of bull-rush, or bulrush (_Typha latifólia_), but which ought by rights to be called the "cat's-tail" or "reed-mace."